Exchange 2000 to 2003 Ent on new hardware Public Folder Problem 1

[iXPhound]

Hi all,

Hopefully someone can help as this is driving me nuts. I went through the process of upgarding my 2000 enviornment to 2003 on new hardware. I replicated all public folders to the new server and, once synched (based on size and item data), removed them from the old server. I then replicated the OAB, S+F Busy, Org Forms, and removed these from the old server once synched. I changed the RUS to the new server as well as the OAB. In routing groups I made the new server the Master. I then moved all the mailboxes and made the necessary changes to MX records, etc. I left the old server up for a few weeks to update everyone's settings and all appeared fine. However when I shutdown IIS on the old server to ensure everything worked everyone's email clients got extremely slow and it appears as though the public folders was the cause. If I go into sys mgr and disable the public folder store on the old server I cannot gain access to the PFs at all. It appears as though the clients are still trying to access PFs on the old server even though they have been removed. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

TIA!!!

 

[adcfaq]

i am pretty sure the clients are still pointing old server for public folder replica, actually, there is link talking about this, i can't find anymore. basically, did u follow KB to decommission the old server?

some links

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822895

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307917

You might want to have a look a pfdavadmin
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/PSS/Tools/Exchange%20Support%20Tools/PFDavAdmin/ .
This tool uses WebDAV to access the folder replica list (and add and
modify). The replica list is stored in the

http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x66980102

property

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Directory Services/Exchange Consultant

 

[iXPhound]

benlu,

I followed the kb to the letter which is why this is making me nuts.

I tried using pfdav to clean up the item level permissions and DACLs to see if that would result in any positive changes, but it didn't. Any other suggestions?

TIA!!

 

[ntinlin]

Get properties of your mailbox stores up and check they are pointing to the correct default public store.

i.e. Should be the new server not the old one.

Neill

 

[iXPhound]

ntinlin,

That was it! Lol, the last place I would have even checked... Thanks for the help, i can feel the aggrevation melt away, lol.

Thank you!

 

[ntinlin]

Only figured it out because I finally did the course last week after using XC2003 for a year.

There was a 5 minute bit on this and it rang a bell.

Neill